You remember the age old saying, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"?  Or something to that effect, well whoever said it first is a person after my own heart.  I can't recall the amount of times I've discussed with people the value of prevention and how so much hardship could be avoided if we, society, government, etc. spent more time focussing on what could be done to help people steer clear of harmful situations.  Now of course, the number of preventitive techniques one employs is no guarantee we'll be successful in helping everyone sidestep everything but it is always a worthwhile endevour and one that doesn't receive the kind of attention, support or funding that it should.

This is not intended to be an agrument or even a discussion about prevention vs other interventions, although it's a topic I readily take on and have no problem arguing about : )  This is to highlight the importance of prevention and to remind people that it can and does work!

 PEERS Vancouver has endevoured to create a documentary that will serve as a preventitive tool in the fight aginst the sexual exploitation of youth or anyone else for that matter.  The piece takes a look at the lives of those who have been personally impacted by an involvement in the sex industry and also looks at the people who have devoted their time, effort and a good part of their lives to assist, support and empower those individuals to move forward.  It's a touching, courageous piece that, if it prevents even one youth, one individual from being exploited, has been a major success.

Please check the link below to see a preview.  If you would like more information on the documentary please contact our office at 604 681-3044 or shoot us an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgZVKtJuy-o

Stay safe!

So I make a point of not listening to too much miserable news.  I listen to the top stories, check John Stewart for the latest American or world blunders, read the paper so I'm in the loop...but I do a good job of not reading every miserable thing that happens in the world cause, at the risk of stating the obvious, it's depressing!

So there I am getting ready for work a morning, listening to the chatter of the TV behind me as I hurridly gather my stuff together only to become immediately drawn in after hearing the newsperson say that a woman's body had been found in a lake and that she is known to be a sex worker.  So I listen as they give limited information about the woman and even less detail about how she came to be in such a terrible predicament and well, no mention of any suspect.  So there we have it.  One more woman, one more daughter/mother/sister/aunty/cousin, one more person discarded like trash without value.  At what point is enough enough? 

There are no bandaid solutions to such a serious problem but there ARE solutions.  What we need to do is care enough to look for them, care enough to start somewhere and not just allow yet another sex worker, another woman, another human being to be lost.

Be safe!